Psychometric properties of the questions about behavioral function scale in a child sample

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-129

  Freeman, Kurt A ^a,b   Walker, Michael ^a   Kaufman, Jeremy ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION ASSESSMENT SCALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTION ABOUT BEHAVIORAL FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

EID: 33947685424     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2007)112[122:PPOTQA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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